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melon. Long, smooth, distinctly striped with light 
mottled and wavy dark green, regular stripes. Flesh 
bright scarlet, and very sugary. 
Citron.— Employed in making preserves ; grows uni¬ 
formly round and smooth, striped and marbled with 
Hght green ; flesh white and solid ; secd> r^d 
Gypsy. 
Culture. —They require a light, sandy soil, not over 
rich. Plant them in hills as directed for musk melons, 
giving them more room, as their vines extend much 
farther. If they are wanted of a large size, three or four 
melons from each plant will be sufficient, and when only 
one is allowed to grow from each plant, they will grow 
to twenty or thirty pounds weight each. If they are 
planted near other varieties of vines, they will hybridize, 
and greatly injure the flavor of the fruit. 
gills arc loose, of a pinkish-red, changing to liver-color. 
It is used in a variety of culinary preparations, and is 
esteemed a great delicacy. It produces no seed, but in¬ 
stead, a white, fibrous substance in broken threads, 
which is prepared and preserved in horse manure, being 
pressed in the form of bricks. Thus prepared, it will 
retain its vitality for years. The little broken pieces of 
this manure are planted two inches below the surface, 
and in due time the mushrooms appear. 
Culture. —Mushrooms can be grown in the cellar, in 
sheds, or in hot-beds in open air, on shelves, or out-of- 
the-way places. Fermented horse manure, of equal 
temperature, say 70 degrees, is made into beds the size 
required, eighteen inches deep. In this bed plant the 
broken pieces of spawn, six inches apart, covering the 
whole with two inches of light soil, and protect from 
cold and severe rains. The mushrooms will appear in 
about six weeks. Water with luke warm water, and 
only when quite dry. 
MUSTARD. 
Fr. Montarde. —Ger. Sen/. 
White English.—This is the 
kind usually' preferred for salad. 
The leaves are light green, mild 
and tender when young; seed 
light yellow. 
Brown Italian.—This is a 
larger plant than the preceding, 
with much darker leaves; seed 
brown, and more pungent. 
Culture. —This salad is culti¬ 
vated in the same manner as 
cress, at all times of the season , 
sow every week or two, cither in 
beds or drills, or for early use, in 
hot-beds, or in boxes in the win¬ 
dows of a warm room. The seeds 
should be covered very slightly, 
and frequently watered as moist¬ 
ure is inuispe*.sable to its growth. A bed three feet 
wide and twenty feet long, having the plants four or 
six inches apart, will produce a sufficiency of seed for 
every' domestic purpose. 
NASTURTIUM. 
Fr. Cetpucine. —Ger. Kapuzinerblnmc. 
Tall Mixed.—Cultivated both for use and ornament. 
Its beautiful, orange-colored flowers serve as a garnish 
MUSHROOMS. 
The Mushroom is an edible fungus, rounded in form, 
of a white color, changing to brown when old. 1 he 
Mushrooms. 
Nasturtium. 
